The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-24
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she gotter lukin' poly an w'iter an
w'iter ebbery day. Things wuxget-
tin powerful bad when / hearn
Marse Ned wuz comm home. tole
Miss X ate. an she kin'or pick'd up a
bit. but seem like she didn' hey no
heart. Dere wuz Knnnel Carter. dat
wuz bangin' 'roun' her all de time an
boggin' her Ter marry him, but she
jes' paid no 'tentlon ter him.
jes' lot him talk, an tole him
No all de time. Den Marse Ned
cum home. But do fus' day he wuz
byar ole missus an him gotter talkin'
bout de people N0rf, an Marse Ned
he lowed he hal sum mighty good
fren's up thar Lawd! When he said
dat, ole missus she stood up at de
table, an her eyes dey 1ashd an
shine. an she look'd straight at Marsc
Ned an sez: 'Ef ~ got so many good
fren's up dere wy doan' yer stay wild
emp We dOan' wan no dirty Yam
KEGS down hyar. an we doan' wan ter
see dere fren's in our house. Marse
Ned he didn' kuo' what ter do. He
jes' loOk'd fus' at ole mlssus an den
Mt young missus. But ole missu5 she
jcs' stood up. like she was waitin' for
him ter 90, an she wuz. fur prity soon
Marse Ned got up, an he was jes' as
white as cr & os', an he seq kinder low
an quiet like: i on'er5tan's yer.
madame an he walked ter de do an
turn, an, den giy'cr mighty fine bow
an den walk right outen dc house.
Ole missus she drop back in her chair
an Miss Kate she stood up a mint an
den put out her little han an den jes'
tainted like she wuz dead"
Here the old darky paused ms
though sho lived again in the scene.
Not a word broke the momentary
stiffness until Marie said. in low
voice. with just II trace of tears in it,:
"Go on, Lucy"
"A'ter dat" continued the old
darky. for long time Marso Ned neb-
ber cum near Gle house. Bat he an
Miss Kate was wrilin' notes an onct
now an den dcy Wul meet in de fol.
One day wdz walkin' down by de
sugar house, an Marsc Ned he rode
up by me an s,z: Luce. yo' kno'
why / amt ben 10 der house, but /
wantter tell yo' somiin'. Miss Kate
an mes goin' ter run away an get
married. an wan yo' Ter help her
fix tings at dc house. When | hearn
dat got so weak | mos fell down.
Marso Ned hc slcdid me an tolc me
how it wuz all fixed for Chris mas eve,
when ole missus Wud be at de sugar
mill an he had done hired de boat ter
wait fur him at de landin' Till dcy got
derc. an dc preacher wuz ter be on
der boat ter marry 'cm. tole Marsc
Ned 'twarn' no use; ole missus wuz
shuah ter fin ct out an stop it, but he
wud' n hear bout il. and sez mus do
like he axcd cf Ididn' wantter see Miss
Kate sick an mcbbc die. He Lux
awful white an jes' cou'dn' stan 1t
an sez I'd do all / cud, fur it mos
killed me ter see Miss Kate lookin' so
vito an po'. Well, Miss Kate an me
fixed all de tings an | made jeff, my
ole man. tote dc trunk down ter de
landin' house early Christmas eve an
bring me dc KEY
"Shuah nun. ole missus went down
ter de sugar house like she alters did.
an fore sic had got ont q sight Marse
Ned cum up ter de do in his buggy
hitch'd ter de tastes mare on dc coas'.
an got in wi dcm two an we went
nyin' ter de river. Miss Kate, she
nebbcr sed n word, j,s sot quiet an
white, like she wuz fraid but gwine
ter do it ennyhow Bat Lawd! when
we gottcr de river dey warn't no boat
in sight. Marse Ned looked ut his
watch an it was pas time for de boat,
but it wasn't in sight | tell yer,
chillun. he wuz mai H. didn't say
much. but seen his teeth shct tight an
kno'd he wuz cussin'. 1t wuz gettin'
late an ole missus might cum back
emmy time. an if she foun' Miss Kate
gone il wud be Jamima, bar dc do
Ez we wuz waitin' we hearn horse
comm down du road at hard 'lope.
Marsc Ned hc jumped roun' on dc
road 81 ic NV Miss Kate an | seen him
put his han bclil' him. an know Il
he was secin' if his pistol wuz dere.
ID, horse KEEP comm nearer an
nearer an > "a h g,t to u de boat
gave whistle kasa we had been SO
busy ls'cnin' ~ dr horse we never
seed dc blat coma roam de ben
When | seed who WV ON de horse
like ter died. II WV Kunncl Carter
He looked fus' Mis-, X ie an den at
Marsc n d; den ho IL Wants dis?
mighty sterh lil,". Mus Ned walked
up ter him an sen ptltc like: IL nike
Carter dis is Miss Nilirr. who is
goin' ter marry IA. ~ Sopn "a we git
outcn that boa. ID y on'er' STAMP
ID Kun mel said u fin lur n minnit an
den he reached down an pu' his han
on Marsc Nod's aru an sel: Ned, dat
lady wild YOU i Il, hes woman on dis
hyar green ycarh. Two aXod her
more'n ouct ter marry mo, but she
wouldn't Et thought yo' wuz lyin'
ter me Id short yer Ike II dog. but
b'lieve yer l. a-tc,lin' de trout an
what's moro I'll help yer. Ddr's my
ham An ~ they wuz shakin' hans
carridge cum ilyia' down dc road -
il wuz ole missu. Quick. said dc
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